San Diego 6 news report that Hastings was cremated even though his family did not request it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21WnsubYFps

Given it's a high profile case, surely something like this shouldn't happen?

Or is it quite common that the coroner or whoever with authority can dispose of the body however they wish?

Certainly odd, and I very much want as much investigation as possible, but it's not necessarily such a crazy thing to happen, in my opinion.

A burn victim is most likely to be cremated, I'd imagine. And it's possible that Hastings had a desire for cremation in his will or living will.

Let's wait and see what the evidence shows.

This is posted up thread, but the original "source" for the cremation story says it's bunk.

https://twitter.com/Rambobiggs/status/357352728499978240

Who was arguing that suspicion is proof?

I haven't claimed at any point that there is proof Hastings was murdered.

When someone gets an ample number of death threats, and they die in an even remotely suspicious manner, it is not a conspiracy to consider that one of those threats may have become actual. It's that simple.

McChrystal's staffer told Hastings directly: if you write something we don't like, we will kill you. Where's the conspiracy in suspecting that staffer of murder, given he threatened to murder Hastings?